Sugary beverage tax policy: Lessons learned from tobacco

J.L. Pomeranz

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 3, e13-e15

Abstract: Excise taxes on sugary beverages have been proposed as a method to replicate the public health success of tobacco control and to generate revenue. As policymakers increase efforts to pass sugary beverage taxes, they cananticipate thatmanufacturers will emulate the strategies employed by tobacco companies in their attempts to counteract the impact of such taxes. Policymakers should therefore consider 2 complementary laws-minimum price laws and prohibitions on coupons and discounting-to accomplish the intended price increase.

Keywords: article; carbonated beverage; commercial phenomena; economics; health promotion; human; law enforcement; management; sugar intake; tax; tobacco use, Carbonated Beverages; Commerce; Dietary Sucrose; Health Promotion; Humans; Law Enforcement; Policy Making; Taxes; Tobacco Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301800

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